Energy storage building energy saving

What is thermal energy storage?

Thermal energy storage (TES) is one of several approaches to support the electrification and decarbonization of buildings. To electrify buildings eficiently, electrically powered heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment such as a heat pump can be integrated with TES systems.

What is building energy saving (BES)?

Building energy saving (BES) is mainly implemented by improving resource utilisation and building efficiency to minimise the energy consumption of indoor heating, air conditioning and refrigeration, lighting, ventilation, humidity and other environmental improvement behaviours.

Why do we need energy storage systems?

Energy storage systems capture the excess for later, enabling people to use it during less productive periods. Researchers, engineers and other concerned parties frequently investigate new storage possibilities, knowing that diverse options should raise people’s willingness to use renewable energy for the first time or expand their utilization.

How to save energy in HVAC systems?

Research on equipment innovation mainly through evaporative cooling, active heat storage, heat recovery, radiation heating/cooling, cold beam, variable air volume and variable refrigerant flow is still limited to achieve energy saving in HVAC systems .

Is space heating and cooling a viable energy storage solution?

Space heating and cooling account for up to 40% of the energy used in commercial buildings.1 Aligning this energy consumption with renewable energy generation through practical and viable energy storage solutions will be critical to achieving 100% clean energy by 2050.

Can existing residential buildings save energy?

Ballarini et al. evaluated the energy savings potential of existing residential buildings to lay the foundation for subsequent cost-optimisation analysis .